Healthy Campus 2020 includes national health objectives for students and staff to create healthier campuses using an ecological approach. This program will guide campus professionals through the Healthy Campus framework and discuss methods to better serve our communities in the quest for improved health outcomes. The first 30 minutes will include an overview of Healthy Campus. The next 60 minutes will include a discussion of how to implement Healthy Campus and the steps involved in the MAP-IT framework. Presenters will provide practical tips and considerations for implementing a Healthy Campus initiative, such as selecting the target population(s), organizing a coalition, prioritizing issues, building partnerships, and measuring change.

The “art” of coalition building involves careful consideration of the establishment of team members who can engage and sustain meaningful planning-to-action in meeting healthy campus objectives. Determining who these key stakeholders are, what triggers their motivation, seeking and attaining high-level administrative support, assessing your campus culture, the importance of diversity, and the unique differences within institutions of larger or smaller enrollments are among worthwhile components to crafting coalitions. This webinar will share best practices, lessons learned, and “landmines” to avoid when considering a coalition to address healthy campus objectives.

Creating widespread change on complex issues such as high risk alcohol use and sexual violence requires a multidimensional approach and sustained effort. An effectively designed coalition can provide the unified leadership required to create real change at the individual, campus and community levels. Dr. Eric Davidson and Lisa Currie will present information on how building your coalition’s efforts around environmental management strategies, data collection, and current evidence-based strategies will support a sustained and successful coalition effort which shares responsibility, resources, risk and rewards.